Tirunelveli the
penultimate southern most district of Tamil Nadu,
is described as a microcosm of the State, owing to
its mosaic and diverse geographical and physical features
such as lofty mountains and low plains, dry Teri structures,
rivers and cascades, seacoast and thick inland forest,
sandy soils and fertile alluvium, a variety of flora,
fauna, and protected wild life.
Thenpandiyanadu of the early Pandyas, Mudikonda Cholamandalam
of the Imperial Cholas, Tirunelveli Seemai of the
Nayaks, Tinnevelly district of the East India Company
and the British administration and Tirunelveli district
of Independent India became Nellai-Kattabomman district
on its bifurcation in 1986 and subsequently was christened
as Tirunelveli-Kattabomman district. As per the decision
of the Government of Tamil Nadu to call all the districts
by the name of the headquarter town, Tirunelveli-Kattabomman
district is now Tirunelveli district.
VGP FATHIMA NAGAR
Situated in Nellai
To Ambasamuthiram state Highway
